Project Update May 3

The transcription is just an outline of my off-the-cuff speech. It just takes too much time to do a proper transcription.

Hey everybody, sorry it’s been so long since I’ve made a post, but things have been understandably pretty crazy here.

This is episode 7 of A Horse is Not a Home. I’m gonna try to keep this one kinda short, but I’m gonna go through my to-do list. I think that will be easiest way for you to understand what I’ve been up to.

There’s about 10 items here:

Launch the New Boys and Girls Club Website.

Migrated the content over to WordPress

Added a new Donation Form

Make a video for Ashworth Road Baptist Church

They’re doing a program called “20 in 20”

Buffalo county was #1 but now they’re #2. Not because they got better, but because another county got worse.

Finalize a letter of intent for the South Dakota Community Foundation

Contact Randy Kittle at Parks & Rec about possible State Funding.

Get ready for the September application for the DoT’s “Safe Roads to Schools program”

Either north to Stefan or south to Chamberlain

Introduce myself to / get in touch with J.R. LePlante from the tribal relations office.

Find out who the risk management person for the Crow Creek Tribal Council

corresponds with my big project: get a wind turbine built for the new community center in Crow Creek

Jenny and Emily did an amazing job doing the leg work in getting a building underway

The building already has geothermal heat and it would be great to get a “slam dunk” in green energy

needs a $1m liability insurance claim

Research more foundations

Leadership survey for Americorps

Part of the monthly conference call series

“What do I want to be when I grow up?” I’m 28!

When will people in my generation feel like adults? Is that something we’re capable of?

ESA Foundation Grant

Would love to create educational software a la Rosetta Stone for dakota/lakota/nakota

Ed.gov disability grant

Sparkplug Foundation Grant

Music, education, grassroots organizing

They did a cool anti-recruitment effort in Minnesota, and it would be cool to do something as interesting on Crow Creek

Get more info to my grant mentor

Somebody from the LinkedIn group offered to mentor me in grant writing, which is great and very, very helpful

Send info about the Great Plains Native American Coalition website to Ryan for approval

The Great Plains Native American coalition is a collection of native clubs that are banding together to be able to see bigger funding.

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2 responses to “Project Update May 3”

HI, I’m 3 months away from finishing my first VISTA term (Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks) and looking around at openings to maybe do another year. The National Society for American Indian Elderly (NSAIE) program caught my eye last month and then this morning I found your blog. I also happen to fall in to the computer-y musician category. What’s it really like there on the reservation? Feel free to email or find me on Facebook. Peace. – Ryan

As far as what it’s really like… that’s a tough one. I can tell you what it’s like here, but literally every single reservation is different so I don’t know how helpful it’s going to be. Where is the NSAIE located? If it’s one of the reservations I’m familiar with I’ll be happy to inform you.

What are you concerned with specifically? If you want to ask some specific questions I’ll also let you know about Crow Creek. I’ll even ask some of the community members and to see if they want to chime in 🙂